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Son of a Grifter : The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious con Artists in America: a Memoir by the Other Son by Mark Schone and Kent Walker (2001, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060188650
ISBN-139780060188658
eBay Product ID (ePID)1885032
Product Key Features
Book TitleSon of a Grifter : The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious con Artists in America: a Memoir by the Other Son
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicHoaxes & Deceptions, Murder / General, General, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMark Schone, Kent Walker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight27.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-030268
ReviewsA colorful guide to Kimes family values...a fluent first-person account of Walker's weird formative years., Well-researched and touching...A a chronicle of Sante Kime's life, it's unlikely to be surpassed by any other.
SynopsisIn 1998 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters, an Oedipal team of scam artists who left a trail of blood, lies, and larceny from coast to coast. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling story of all was never told -- until now. Kent Walker, Sante's elder son, reveals how he survived forty years of "the Dragon Lady's" very special brand of motherly love and still managed to get away. As a child Kent watched his mother destroy his hardworking father, Ed Walker, and then -- with Kent's painful collusion -- snare what Sante called "my millionaire." When she married seemingly respectable real-estate developer Ken Kimes, it was a match made in hell. For the next two decades Kent's mother and stepfather indulged in a globetrotting orgy of criminal behavior, laying waste to each other and anyone who got in the way. Kent, their would-be recruit, was privvy to the family business -- torching houses, defrauding friends, crashing White House parties, "shopping" for trunkloads of fur coats -- and Sante's self-serving style of adultery. When Kent's half-brother, Kenny was born, Kent was twelve years old -- old enough to know that he was his younger sibling's only protector. Kent tried desperately to save Kenny from his mother's sinister bidding. His failure haunts him to this day. Here, with shocking and sometimes brutal frankness, Kent explodes the romantic Hollywood image of the grifter as antihero and exposes the truth about Sante Kimes behind the headlines. Sone of a Grifter poignantly chronicles what it means to love somebody despite your better instincts, your worst fears, and even your most forbidden hopes.
LC Classification NumberHV6692.K55W35 2001
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- 11 Feb, 2019
Compelling Interesting story!!
Great sinister people the Kimes were...great story...know someone who was associated with this family!! Small world!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Nov, 2021
Good
I’ve seen the movie and wanted to read the book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Jan, 2020
Title says it all.
Cannot put it down. What a ride.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Jan, 2018
good book
Very interesting bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
